From the absorptive capacity perspective, this study investigates the extent to which a firm that uses external knowledge attained through R&D outsourcing can increase its performance, and how this effect is moderated by a firm's absorptive capacity via internal R&D efforts and organizational...

Purpose: How should managers organize their R&D workforce in order to maximize the benefit of internal R&D and R&D outsourcing strategy? The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of R&D workforce diversity on firms’ performance when the firms use internal and external knowledge...